joyousness
61joyous — joy|ous [ˈdʒɔıəs] adj literary very happy, or likely to make people very happy ▪ a joyous occasion ▪ Our music is a joyous celebration of life. >joyously adv >joyousness n [U] …
62feast — [13] The notion of ‘eating’ is a secondary semantic development for feast, whose underlying meaning (as may be guessed from the related festival [14] and festivity [14]) has more to do with joyousness than with the appeasement of hunger. Its… …
63joyous — (adj.) c.1300, from Anglo Fr. joyous, O.Fr. joios happy, cheerful, merry, glad (12c., Mod.Fr. joyeux), from joie (see JOY (Cf. joy)). Related: Joyously; joyousness …
64gaieties — gai·e·ty || geɪtɪ n. joyousness, happiness, elation …
65gaiety — gai·e·ty || geɪtɪ n. joyousness, happiness, elation …
66gayeties — n. gaiety, joyousness, happiness, elation …
67gayety — n. gaiety, joyousness, happiness, elation …
68joyous — adjective chiefly literary full of happiness and joy. Derivatives joyously adverb joyousness noun …
69exhilaration — n. 1. Cheering, enlivening, animating, etc. See the verb. 2. Animation, gayety, hilarity, glee, cheer, gladness, joyousness, cheerfulness, good humor, good spirits, high spirits …
70festivity — n. Conviviality, gayety, joyousness, joyfulness, merry making, social joy …